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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

Severe Measles Encephalitis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Japanese Young Male.

Yoshikazu Mutoh, Yuya Kano, Takuya Oguri, Hideki Kato, Takumi Umemura, Chihiro Norizuki, Toshihiko Ichihara, Hiroyuki Yuasa

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yoshikazu MutohDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Yuya KanoDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Takuya OguriDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Hideki KatoDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Takumi UmemuraDepartment of Infection Control Team, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Chihiro NorizukiDepartment of Infection Control Team, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Toshihiko IchiharaDepartment of Infection Control Team, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.
Hiroyuki YuasaDepartment of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measles encephalitis rarely affects young adults and has no established treatment strategy. This brief report described the rare case of an immunocompetent 30-year-old man with severe measles pneumonia and encephalitis, following the autoimmune disease acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, during a large measles outbreak in 2018 in Japan. With multidisciplinary treatments, including corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, vitamin A, and therapeutic plasma exchange, the patient was successfully treated. This case provides a new strategy for treating measles encephalitis and its complications during measles outbreak.

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EncephalitisEncephalomyelitis, Acute DisseminatedMeaslesAdultHumansJapanMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleYoung AdultADEMencephalitismeaslesoutbreaktherapeutic plasma exchange

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PMID33456033
PMCPMC8263189

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